Month: May 2024

Featured ShowsMSNBC TVMoreFollow msnbcMore BrandsMore ShowsBy Steve BenenWhen Ronald Reagan sought the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 1980, it was an open question as to whether the former governor’s family life would be perceived disqualifying. Voters had never before elected a divorced president, and there was great uncertainty about whether the electorate was prepared to…
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Donald Trump to Attend Fundraiser on Day of Barron’s Graduation  Newsweeksource

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Stormy Daniels, a porn actress who was paid to silence claims she had sex with Donald Trump, got a chance to tell her story during Trump’s hush money trialTrump is on trial in Manhattan on charges of falsifying business records. The $130,000 payment arranged by Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, is at the…
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and Fox Business host Stuart Varney were speaking over one another during an interview Tuesday, during which the governor attempted to defend her decision to shoot her dog despite mounting criticism, which resulted in her telling him “enough.” Varney highlighted a major question for the governor by asking if…
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Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Associated Press Associated Press Leave your feedbackThe judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial has fined him an additional $1,000 for again violating a gag order barring him from making…
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Trump trial live updates: Stormy Daniels takes the stand to testify today in hush money case  Yahoo! Voicessource

Guilty?Americans by nearly 3-1 predict that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on all or some of the felony charges he faces in a New York courtroom, an outcome never before seen in U.S. history.In an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, 65% expect a guilty verdict on at least some of the 34 charges…
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DJT Stock, Trump Media Is Falling. Donald Trump Threatened With Jail.  Barron’ssource

Tuesday was the most dramatic day yet at former President Trump’s criminal trial as Stormy Daniels took the stand. The adult actress is at the heart of the case because of her claim that she and Trump had sex at a celebrity golf event in Lake Tahoe in 2006. Daniels would eventually be paid $130,000…
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AdvertisementBy Jonathan AlterContributing Opinion WriterIn Donald Trump’s felony trial last week, we heard about Hulk Hogan’s sex tape, and we watched Hope Hicks cry.So far this week, we heard all about ledgers, invoices and accounts payable stamps. We watched as a loyal Trump accountant authenticated Allen Weisselberg’s handwriting. The same documents with different dates popped…
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Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Associated Press Associated Press Leave your feedbackNEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s hush money trial sanctioned him Monday morning for violating his gag order for a second time.Judge Juan M.…
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Trump trial live updates: Stormy Daniels expected to testify today in hush money case  Yahoo! Voicessource

Judge Aileen Cannon has indefinitely postponed former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case, punting some court dates into late July while declining to set a trial date.  The Tuesday order — issued less than two weeks before Trump’s trial was still on the books to kick off on May 20 — leaves unclear when Trump’s case…
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The judge who decided on the postponement is a Trump nominee.

Trump Org exec says Michael Cohen reimbursement checks signed in White House  Courthouse News Servicesource

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeDonald Trump’s selection of Mike Pence as his running mate played a key role in his 2016 election win. Now, it’s time for Trump to pick a potential vice president again, and a field of hopefuls is jockeying to catch his eye. Here are…
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SEARCHOne day after the judge held him in contempt again, the former president said his lawyers had “no time” to prepare for mystery witness thought to be Daniels.News CorrespondentDonald Trump launched into a new attack on the judge in his New York hush money case on Tuesday morning complaining that he’d just learned who would…
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NEW YORK — Porn star Stormy Daniels has begun testifying on the 13th day of Donald Trump‘s hush money trial, as the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money deal with Daniels.Daniels’ testimony began with her sharing information on her childhood and recounting her alleged sexual…
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Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) said Monday that she would not be testifying before a Republican-led Georgia state Senate panel investigating her. At an event where she earned the endorsement of many local Black religious leaders, Willis said the committee investigating her may not have the authority to subpoena her. “First of all,…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is softening her threat against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying she will give the Speaker more time to demonstrate his commitment to conservative priorities before forcing a vote on her resolution to boot him from power.  Last week, Greene said she would “absolutely” force her motion to vacate proposal to…
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Trump Hush-Money TrialAdvertisementSupported byMs. Daniels could take the stand this week, allowing jurors to see and hear from the person at the center of the criminal case against the former president.By Michael RothfeldShe is the porn star at the center of the criminal trial of Donald J. Trump whose name has been uttered by witness…
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Judge finds Donald Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail time  CNN Trump said he’s willing to go to jail over judge’s gag order in hush money case – POLITICO  POLITICO NY v Trump to resume after former president threatened with jail, told trial to last at least 2 more weeks  Fox News…
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NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s hush money judge has denied the defense’s demand for a mistrial over Stormy Daniels’s salacious testimony on Tuesday.  Judge Juan Merchan told Trump’s lawyers that he agreed the testimony had gone into “too much detail.”  “Having said that,” Merchan continued, “I don’t think we have reached the point where…
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